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Innovative Business Models to Scale Microfinance
Join us in a discussion of business model innovation to facilitate scaling microfinance. Explore a framework for analyzing your own business model, and hear examples of how other CDFIs are adapting their business models for scale.
- Presenter: Elaine Edgcomb, FIELD at The Aspen Institute, and Ginger McNally, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
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Encouraging Innovation and Developing Talent
Scaling microfinance will require change throughout your organization. Learn how to harness this opportunity to build talent and skills among staff at all levels of the CDFI and create an organizational environment to support growth.
Adding New Microfinance Products to Scale & Increase Impact
This webinar presents the latest data on underserved consumers and highlights opportunities for microfinance CDFIs to meet the unique needs of these clients. Also, learn how a CDFI expanded its microfinance product offering to scale and increase its impact.
Technology to Improve Performance and Efficiency
Technology can be a tool to reach new clients and lower costs through achieving efficiencies. This webinar will discuss both well-established and cutting-edge technologies that will improve performance at each step of the lending process.
The Path to Loan Repayment
Strong microloan portfolios don't just happen, they are built over time with care, attention and a strong culture of loan repayment. This webinar will explore the psychology of collections from a mission-focused perspective that helps practitioners build portfolio management approaches using techniques that go to the heart of strong, effective community development finance.
- Presenter: Leslie Hoffman, Consultant, FIELD at The Aspen Institute and Elaine Edgcomb, FIELD at The Aspen Institute
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New Product Development
In this webinar, CFSI will be sharing a framework for new product development for organizations to consider when designing new financial services. Participants will hear best practices around product ideation, securing stakeholder buy-in, partnering considerations, and ongoing evaluation of products.
Underwriting to Scale
A robust risk management approach is essential for organizations that want to sustain growth. So what does that look like and what are some of the potential pitfalls? This webinar will offer insights for organizations that want to build an underwriting approach on a firm risk management foundation that takes into account issues of scale, efficiency, technology and team. The presenters will offer key learnings about how to balance growth and risk within your micro enterprise lending program.
- Presenter: Leslie Hoffman, Consultant, FIELD at The Aspen Institute and Luz Gomez, FIELD at The Aspen Institute
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Customer Acquisition - Reaching and Retaining Your Customers
New market challenges, increased competition, demand for diversified products, more selective customers … today’s reality makes it more imperative than ever to reach and retain the customers your organization needs to grow. Learn how to identify and reach your most important customers using marketing tactics that work.
- Presenter: Ginger McNally, Opportunity Finance Network and Maria Semple, The Prospect Finder LLC
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Loan Fund and Credit Union Collaborations
Individually, loan funds and credit unions create enormous impact, however when they collaborate together it creates the opportunity to reach more disadvantaged people and communities. On this webinar, hear case studies from existing loan fund and credit union collaborations and learn about partnering strategies for success.
- Presenter: Seth Julyan, Opportunity Finance Network and Melanie Stern, National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions
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The Role of Market Research in Scaling Microfinance
Reaching more entrepreneurs with the products and services they need to start, grow, and hire begins with understanding market opportunities. Learn how to access and deploy tools and resources to define and size target markets, assess needs, and generate customer insights.